Unions concerned ahead of pensions report

"The government is set to anger unions this morning with the publication of a report expected to call for public sector workers to pay more into their pension and retire later.

"Ministers will be on a collision course with the country's most powerful trade unions, who warned yesterday that slashing pensions will add to the "volatile cocktail" of job and pay cuts already facing health, education, council and other employees.

"An interim report by former Labour minister Lord Hutton is expected to highlight an "affordability issue" with public sector pensions, adding that they cannot be sustained at their current level."